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Good news! The Supreme Court of Costa Rica has announced that same-sex couples could get married from May 2020! The court ordered the country’s legislators to establish marriage equality in the next 18 months.

Writer and director Sally Wainwright is adapting the life of the first modern lesbian, Anne Lister, as a series. “Gentleman Jack” will air in 2019 and will feature a female cast, including actresses Suranne Jones and Sophie Rundle as Anne Lister and her future wife, Ann Walker.

The municipal council of Pariaman has adopted a measure prohibiting LGBTQ acts, imposing a fine that can go up to 1 million rupees ($14,129/12 408 euros) for behavior likely to “disturb public order” or to be “immoral”.